South by So Real 09

Rapping with Matt Sonzala about SXSW hip-hop

"...Welcome to the second annual edition of South by So..."

March 10, 2009 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

I've Loved You So Long

Kristen Scott Thomas is unforgettable in this French film about a woman who has to live with her self-hatred after committing a heinous crime.

"...Hosmalin. In the opening scene of I’ve Loved You So Long, the remarkable directorial debut of French novelist Claudel,..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Graveyard: Ungrateful Are We the Dead

Graveyard

"...ether out of which guitarists Jonatan Ramm (lead), Joakim Nilsson (rhythm/vox), and Rikard Edlund (bass) spark a firestorm of..."

Sept. 9, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Lightweight Lightning Lives Up to Its Billing

Boxing fans got what they came for last Saturday night

"...the Frank Erwin Center Austin was introduced to the Lightweight division in what was one of the most action-packed..."

April 7, 2009 Sports Post by Justin Sanders

Austin at Large: It Hurts When We Do That

As the old doctor joke goes, then stop doing that. Good advice for City Hall.

"...to not need to write again about the hash we have made of our community's attempts to end homelessness,..."

May 21, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Protest at Francisco Cantú Reading

Activists disrupt The Line Becomes a River BookPeople event

"...Line Becomes a River has been out only a week, but Francisco Cantú's book has already enraged immigration activists..."

Feb. 14, 2018 Arts Post by Brandyce Ingram

The Question: How Good Are the Musicians?

"...the fact that many of these folks aren’t very good, are they? Who wants to go down to Red..."

July 17, 2008 Postmarks

Good Thing

Q&A with Mark Lindsay

"...the Action Is, a musical variety show that featured some of the hottest bands of the day. One of..."

April 13, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Fountain

Like some epic figure of yore, writer/director Aronofsky has allowed his hubris to get the better of him: The Fountain is a dry well.

"...Directed by: Darren Aronofsky. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Sean Patrick Thomas and Mark Margolis. Like..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

Darkly humorous Scottish/Danish production affirms life in the face of death.

"...by: Lone Scherfig. Starring: Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Lisa McKinlay, Mads Mikkelsen, Julia Davis and Susan Vidler...."

April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mastodon's 'Blood Mountain' Flows Into Austin

Coming down the mountain with Mastodon

"...band’s latest saga, Blood Mountain, and explain the difference between ligers and cysquatches. Catch them 8pm Saturday, March 17,..."

March 14, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Farmers Market Report: November 24

Thanksgiving weekend: somewhat tinier markets

"...I don’t have really any exact information about this week’s markets, because it’s Thanksgiving Week and folks are busy,..."

Nov. 22, 2012 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Tony Visconti Part 1

"...enough David Bowie albums. Simply shelving The Man Who Sold the World, Low, Heroes, Scary Monsters, and Heathen made..."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Heart and Soul

Lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...Lewis & the News, who play the Long Center Wednesday, might be considered an 1980s phenomenon, but their frontman..."

Oct. 25, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Name of the Game

The Hives

"...Once the solid body wood and steel swagger of “Tick Tick Boom”..."

Sept. 15, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Sound of the City

Black Milk's Detroit "oomph"

"...minute of conversation: He’s smart. Possibly book smart, though we didn’t get to talk about books. No, Black Milk’s..."

Jan. 13, 2010 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Spanglish

The venerable filmmaker James L. Brooks stumbles badly with his new dramedy starring Adam Sandler and Téa Leoni.

"...Sarah Steele. Lamentably, if you come to Spanglish expecting something like Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Back to Blue Mountain

Alt.country no more!

"...In the halcyon days of alt.country, say ten or so years ago, Blue Mountain was in the thick of..."

July 30, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

A Word With RZA

"...RZA answers the phone emphatically in his Houston hotel room. After..."

June 11, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Shins' James Mercer: Fond of Y-O-U

The Shins' James Mercer winces upon a star.

"...Shins album, Wincing the Night Away, was less an absolute belief in its perfection than a prediction. A prediction..."

March 1, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Fast Times With Darondo

Doin' the splits with a lost soul singer

"...thing I always could do was dance,” the lost soul singer proclaimed in our interview a few weeks before..."

March 25, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Solider of Fortune

Thin Lizzy's “Still Dangerous,” just ask its anchoring guitarist Scott Gorham.

"...electric R&B. Harmonizing with mercurial Scottish axe murderer Brian Robertson, the L.A.-born Gorham, the only Yank musician Lizzy embodiment..."

April 23, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The King

First-time filmmaker James Marsh delivers a Texas gothic that stars Gael García Bernal and William Hurt, but the characters lack depth and humanity.

"...frustrating films are the ones that reach desperately for something great, but fall just short of capturing it. In..."

July 7, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

Gone Gone Gone

The Head Cat himself, Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, talks in his sleep.

"...We’ve all had bad interviews, where every question pitched results..."

May 7, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

United 93

United 93 is a sober, humanistic portrait of America’s literal “first responders,” who in an instant were forced to wrap their heads around a new, unfathomable reality.

"...by: Paul Greengrass. Starring: David Rasche, Ben Sliney, JJ Johnson, David Alan Basche, Trish Gates, Starla Benford, Christian Clemenson,..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Island

If you like Maxim, you'll love this latest from adrenaline fiend Michael Bay.

"...Directed by: Michael Bay. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Steve Buscemi, Sean Bean and Michael Clarke..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Feminist Who Stole Christmas

Maybe it’s cold outside, but we still want to go home

"...cherished months of the year. Suddenly, the loved ones we normally avoid are welcome. Yes, it’s the most wonderful..."

Dec. 13, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Biff Parker (1962-2011)

The Reivers' John Croslin remembers Biff Parker

"...inclined to take a guy named “Biff” seriously. They were disarmed and in a good mood in an instant...."

Nov. 8, 2011 Music Post by John Croslin

Le Draft 2007

"...with the magical and wondrous “cable” television, and its ever-so-amusing ESPN. That year, my Colts were debating on which..."

April 29, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Farmers Market Report: April 28-29

Farmers Markets shift a few hundred yards in either direction

"...After a much cooler than average April, we will be back up in the eighties this weekend,..."

April 26, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

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